| Sesame Street | |||||
| David gives away a rug | |||||
| Air date | May 10, 1976 | ||||
| Season | Season 7 (1975-1976) | ||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird, Grover and company sing a zany song about surprises. |
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Cartoon | A man saws a letter E through the wall. (First: Episode 0370) |
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Muppets | Alien Alphabet (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | What if we celebrate Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts? (First: Episode 0488) |
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Film | Paper-cut triangles fade into live-action shots of triangle-shaped things. (First: Episode 0538) |
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Cartoon | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Grover is astonished to find that he's multiplied into four Grovers. (First: Episode 0718) |
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Cartoon | King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons (First: Episode 0345) |
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Cartoon | A caveman finds a rock on the ground, and visualizes the invention of the wheel and the car, ultimately deciding to toss the rock away: "Who needs it?" |
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Muppets | Herry Monster looks for a triangle. He first spots a rectangle. Grover tells Herry it isn't a triangle, and becomes frustrated. Next he spots a square, Grover tells him it isn't a triangle, and once again is frustrated. Grover suggests that Herry should cut the square in half and make two triangles. (First: Episode 0195) |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Snuffleupagus arrives at Big Bird's nest wondering where Big Bird is and decides to wait for him. Meanwhile, David sneaks up on Bob, having heard about his plans to fix up his apartment and offers to give him his old rug since he’s getting rid of it. Bob agrees to take a look at it and David goes to retrieve it from the Hooper's Store basement. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Snuffy becomes tired while waiting for Big Bird and decides to take a nap, draping his snuffle over the fence next to the doors. David returns and he and Bob compare their rug to Snuffy's snuffle, mistaking it for someone else's rolled-up rug. They decide that David's old rug would go better in Bob's apartment. Snuffy sneezes as they leave, causing confusion in the men. |
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Cartoon | E Imagination Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Man in Snowstorm (part 1) (First: Episode 0750) |
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Cartoon | E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Man in Snowstorm (part 2) (First: Episode 0750) |
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Cartoon | E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0002) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Man in Snowstorm (part 3) (First: Episode 0750) |
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Cartoon | Three little men climb up the three flower stems. (First: Episode 0634) |
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SCENE 3 | Biff and Sully move a piano. Biff tries to play a scale and talks about practice. While Biff is away, Sully plays a full concert piece. |
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Cartoon | A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Film | The Great Chango, man of one thousand costumes, puts on outfits of various professions. (First: Episode 0518) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: What Happened Here — Ernie shows drawings to Bert, and Bert has to guess what happened. (First: Episode 0030) |
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Cartoon | E for Erase (First: Episode 0486) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster demonstrates that egg starts with the letter E; he swallows the egg and faints. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Film | The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing. (First: Episode 0179) |
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Cartoon | Two green martians fight over a flower, until they see a monolith crumble to form the word AMOR. (First: Episode 0821) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin, in a somber tone, tells his class to spell the word POISON and recognize what it means. (First: Episode 0514) |
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Film | Old paper, new paper Music: "Blue Nosed Gopher" by Graham Preskett |
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SCENE 4 | Herry Monster comes across David, Amy, and Mercedes with a set of three rocks that they plan on using to play “Three of These Things,” but they need one more. Herry volunteers to provide a large boulder for the game and sings the song, while the others struggle to hold it steady on the crate. After the game, Herry grabs ahold of the rock and casually throws it in the other direction, resulting in a huge crash. |
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Cartoon | A girl demonstrates that she is scary-looking to a sleeping monster. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0797) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — John-John and Herry Monster count to twenty. (First: Episode 0441) |
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Cartoon | One of these things doesn't belong (shoe pairs) (First: Episode 0490) |
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Film | Some kids observe a woman drawing pictures of a building, and eventually guess that she's an architect. (First: Episode 0768) |
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Cartoon | A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0278) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Table Manners — Ernie tries to teach Cookie Monster to use his knife, fork, and spoon. (First: Episode 0134) |
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Cartoon | One cowpoke tells another this town isn't big enough for the two of them, so the two trot off to Florida instead. |
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SCENE 5 | The Count approaches Mr. Macintosh's food cart with the intent to buy something. Mr. Macintosh tells him he'll sell him only one thing because the last few times he made a purchase, he counted all the string beans, all the eyes in a bag of potatoes, and every leaf on a head of lettuce. The Count agrees to buy one watermelon and asks if it's fresh. Offended, Mr. Macintosh slices it open to demonstrate its quality and much to his chagrin, the Count begins counting the seeds. |
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Cartoon | The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411) |
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Song | A girl invites the listener to "Swing Up High." Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cast | Buffy sings a song about the letter E. |
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Cartoon | Bolt and Nut show how they work together. (First: Episode 0569) |
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Film | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302) |
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Cartoon | E Imagination (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | As the Count continues counting the seeds in the watermelon, Mr. Macintosh collapses to the ground crying as David comes by to comfort him. The Count finishes counting up to 140 seeds before announcing the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Herry Monster holds the Sesame Street sign, while Luis and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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